Classmate Li Zhuangsheng doesn’t want to be reborn

Chapter 693 True Intention
After seeing the two women into their room, Li Zhuangsheng looked at Hu Mengdie with lingering affection and smiled, "Then I'll be going now?"

"Sit down?" Hu Mengdie raised an eyebrow.

"Okay!" Li Zhuangsheng readily agreed.

Xie Jiangqing paid for dinner and karaoke tonight. Her family is well-off, but their monthly living expenses are only about 3,500 yuan, and tonight they've already spent over 1,000 yuan. Therefore, Li Zhuangsheng offered to pay for the hotel. It wasn't for Xie Jiangqing, but for his beloved wife, Mengdie!

Since Li Zhuangsheng paid for it, they naturally chose a better double room, which even had a bathtub in the bathroom.

He sat on the sofa to rest, taking out his phone and looking at it for a while. Hu Mengdie went into the bathroom, and soon the sound of water could be heard.

Xie Jiangqing walked over to Li Zhuangsheng and patted him on the shoulder.

"Aren't you leaving yet?" Xie Jiangqing scoffed.

"Sit for a bit, I'm tired too... I still have to ride my bike back later!"

"Have your sister come pick you up!"

"Then why didn't I take a taxi?" Li Zhuangsheng laughed. "I really didn't want to take a car, otherwise I wouldn't have come by electric scooter."

"You're such a weirdo!"

"Princess Moon, you actually call others strange?" Li Zhuangsheng laughed.

"Can we please stop bringing up the past?" Xie Jiangqing said shyly.

Li Zhuangsheng burst into laughter: "What, the princess has abdicated? Does that mean I can still be the great general?"

Xie Jiangqing sensed the sarcasm in his voice and angrily punched him. But perhaps because she had drunk a little, she tripped over a table and chair and fell into Li Zhuangsheng's arms.

"This is unacceptable!" Li Zhuangsheng quickly helped her up. "Princess, there's no need for such a grand gesture. It's too much of an honor for me!"

"Say it again!"

Xie Jiangqing was both angry and embarrassed, and punched Li Zhuangsheng a few more times. Li Zhuangsheng, taking advantage of being wearing a down jacket, didn't dodge and laughed loudly.

"Alright, alright, since you don't want to hear people call you Princess Moon, I won't say it anymore." Li Zhuangsheng's smile faded slightly.

"...It's not that I really don't want to hear it." Xie Jiangqing pursed her lips and remained silent for a moment, then muttered softly, "Don't say it in front of people in the future, isn't it embarrassing!"

"Is anyone else here?" Li Zhuangsheng looked around.

"Isn't Hu Mengdie human?" Xie Jiangqing said.

"But she's taking a shower."

"Well, she's here too!" Xie Jiangqing gently patted Li Zhuangsheng. "Anyway, don't say that again!"

Li Zhuangsheng nodded in agreement. Xie Jiangqing then sat on the edge of the bed, staring intently at him.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Li Zhuangsheng asked.

"Sometimes I feel you're quite divided," Xie Jiangqing said, her face flushed, perhaps emboldened by the alcohol.

Where is it cut off?

"You're clearly a jerk, but I often feel like you're a really nice person."

Li Zhuangsheng lowered his head and chuckled: "Then I'm just a pretty good scumbag."

Xie Jiangqing took a deep breath: "If only you weren't such a jerk!"

"I want to, but I can't control it. I like them, and sometimes, it's not something I can control."

"Can't you even pick one, two, three?" "What do you mean? Are you asking me to choose my favorite girl? But I don't know who I like the most, and I don't want to think about it. I like them all, and I want them all."

Xie Jiangqing stared at Li Zhuangsheng for a long time, then squeezed out two more words through gritted teeth: "Scumbag!"

Li Zhuangsheng grinned and didn't argue.

“I think you should choose Hu Mengdie!” Xie Jiangqing said.

"Haha, you're on your best friend's side too!"

"It's not just because of that. Mengdie is beautiful and gentle. I guarantee she'd be perfect as a wife and mother!"

“Yes, I believe you,” Li Zhuangsheng nodded.

"Besides, she has so many fans now! If you don't cherish her, there are plenty of people who would want to take her place!"

"Yeah, I know that too."

Hu Mengdie has posted a lot of videos on short video platforms over the past year, and her followers have reached the millions.

Li Zhuangsheng watched every episode and liked them all. Hu Mengdie was mostly in period costumes, sometimes wearing a dress and a mask to dance with a sword, and sometimes dressed as a female knight-errant in men's clothing. There was always a short skit in each episode. One video that left a deep impression on Li Zhuangsheng was where Hu Mengdie was an assassin disguised as a dancer.

When the sword is thrust out, it is indeed both beautiful and dashing, full of heroic spirit.

Hu Mengdie studied classical dance, so perhaps she had a solid foundation in it. She performed a sword dance in every episode, and she did it quite beautifully. Therefore, although she didn't update her videos frequently, releasing one every one or two weeks, her fan base grew at an astonishing rate. Moreover, her videos had a high artistic value, and she even received invitations to television programs, though she declined.

On the surface, she refused, saying she wanted to take more time to reflect and improve herself. But privately, she complained to Li Zhuangsheng that nobody watched that show!
In short, Hu Mengdie is now a well-known internet celebrity, and unlike those beautiful internet celebrities who "entertain people with their looks," she has become associated with "artists."

"So, why don't you cherish her?" Xie Jiangqing asked, her eyes wide.

“I am cherishing it!” Li Zhuangsheng said.

"You cherished her, yet you cheated on her!"

"The two are not contradictory, are they?"

"If you truly love her, you should be devoted to her wholeheartedly."

"Sigh..." Li Zhuangsheng scratched his head and sighed, "Of course I understand, but people's hearts are really hard to control. Can you control whether you like someone or not?"

Xie Jiang said in a clear voice, "I can!"

Li Zhuangsheng blinked: "You can?"

The next moment, Xie Jiangqing realized that she had acted impulsively, so she turned her face away: "I'm not saying I can control myself... but who says that liking someone means you have to be with them? At least, you can control yourself and not be with them."

"You have someone you like?" Li Zhuangsheng realized.

"It has nothing to do with you!" Xie Jiangqing said sternly.

Li Zhuangsheng's face lit up with gossip: "Tell me, who is he? Is he from your school? What type is he? Let me give you some advice! Let me tell you, I'm really good at chasing men!"

Xie Jiangqing was speechless: "Why are you so good at chasing men?! And I don't want to talk about it! Anyway, let me tell you, even if you can't control your heart, you can control your behavior!"

“You’re right… but there are some things I want to follow my heart about, even if it’s selfish. Otherwise, I’ll be very unhappy, and I’ll live with regret for the rest of my life. Everything else is fine, but this is not.”

Li Zhuangsheng licked his lips, taking it very seriously.

Xie Jiangqing froze for a moment, then slowly clenched her fist.

I've been suppressing myself like this, and yet you say this? What about all my long-term perseverance?
What kind of dog are you!
And you, you scumbag, even went after Lin Yuehua! Why don't you have any feelings for me, such a beautiful woman, who's always in front of you?! It's one thing if I'm not as good as Li Xiuyu, Hu Mengdie, or Zhu Zhixue, but am I uglier than Lin Yuehua? Are you blind?!

(End of this chapter)